Biology - Genetics 2008
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- The study of genes, the study of inheritance.
- Genetics
- An alternative form of a gene.
- Alleles
- Parental generation, true breeding parents.
- P Generation
- The transfer of pollen from flowers of one plant to the flowers of another plant of the same species
- Cross Pollination
- The physical and physiological traits of an organism. (What it looks like)
- Phenotype
- The biological similarity of offspring and parents.
- Heredity
- Sequence of DNA that codes for protein and thus determines a trait
- Genes
- The genetic makeup of an organism.
- Genotype
- The selective breeding of domesticated plants and animals to encourage the occurrence of desirable traits.
- Artificial Selection
- The offspring generation, or "first filial generation"
- F1 Generation
- A group of identical individuals that always produce offspring of the same phenotype when intercrossed
- Pure-breeding Strain
- A specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another
- Trait
- Second filial generation.
- F2 Generation
- A breeding experiment that uses parental varieties differing in a single character.
- Monohybrid Cross
- A heritable feature (such as flower color) that varies among individuals.
- Character
- Gregor Mendel
- Father of Genetics
- Principle of Dominance
- The notion that some alleles are dominant and others are recessive
- A diagram showing the gene combinations that might result from a genetic cross
- Punnett Square
- Organisms that have two different alleles for a particular trait
- Heterozygous
- The transfer of pollen from the male flower parts of one plant to the female flower parts of the same plant.
- Self Pollination
- The likelihood that a particular event will occur
- Probability
- A breeding experiment in which parental varieties differing in two traits are mated.
- Dihybrid Cross
- Organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait
- Homozygous
- Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits
- Hybrid